Jeff Stone

A Riverside County supervisor wants the county to post a $10,000 reward for the capture of the person or persons who torched a bronze statue of former President Ronald Reagan at a Temecula park earlier this month.

Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone Tuesday set aside a proposal calling for a convention to discuss splitting up California, winning unanimous approval instead to host a summit where representatives from cities and counties can exchange ideas about how to make the state function better.

With the royal couple in town, it might be time to re-visit that Southern California needs to secede plan. After all, it was the country’s pulling away from England that formed the United States of America in the first place.